French gunboat Le Brethon (1864)

History
France
Name	Le Brethon
Namesake	Lieutenant Albert Édouard Le Brethon de Caligny
Ordered	2 September 1862[1]
Builder	Ningbo[1]
Laid down	20 July 1863[1]
Launched	17 September 1864[1]
Stricken	19 April 1869[1]
Fate	Struck and sold for scrap on 19 April 1869[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Kenney-class gunboat
Displacement	268 tonnes
Length	35.4 metres
Beam	6.7 metres
Draught	2 metres
Propulsion	Sail 360 shp steam engine
Armament	1 × 16-pounder gun 2 × 12-pounder gun
Armour	Timber

The Le Brethon was Kenney-class gunboat of the French Navy. She served in the Far East, notably during the French campaign against Korea of 1866.

Started as Aigrette upon plans by engineer Verny, using a steam engine cannibalised from Salve, the ship was renamed Le Brethon on 25 September 1863, after Lieutenant Albert Édouard Le Brethon de Caligny.

Le Brethon was commissioned in Shanghai on 9 November 1864 and appointed to the Cochinchina Division. Decommissioned on 1 June 1865, she was reactivated on 1 March 1866 and took part in the French campaign against Korea under Huché de Cintré.

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. Roche. p. 85. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.